Central Leonese

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Central Leonese is the main regional variety of the Leonese language spoken around the city of León and its surrounding areas in northwestern Spain.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Central Leonese canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regional dialect
variety of the Leonese language
closelyRelatedTo Asturian language
Eastern Leonese
Western Leonese
coexistsWith Spanish language in León
country Spain
developedFrom Latin spoken in the Kingdom of León
endangerment endangered
hasLexicalFeature conservation of some medieval Leonese vocabulary
hasMorphologicalFeature use of definite articles derived from Latin ILLUM / ILLAM
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between /b/ and /v/ reduced compared to Latin
hasRole main regional variety of Leonese
historicalOrigin Vulgar Latin
influencedBy Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
languageFamily Astur-Leonese
linked to: Astur-Leonese group

Indo-European languages
Romance languages
partOf Leonese language
linked to: Leonese
region Castile and León
relativePositionWithinLanguage central
spokenIn city of León
linked to: León

northwestern Spain
linked to: northwest Spain

province of León
linked to: Province of León
status minority variety
subdivisionOf Leonese language
linked to: Leonese
typologicalFeature SVO word order
grammatical gender
verb conjugation by person and number
usedBy Leonese-speaking community around León
usedIn local oral tradition around León
local toponymy around León
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leonese hasDialects Central Leonese
Eastern Leonese closelyRelatedTo Central Leonese